Councillor Sebastian Field represents Podsmead Ward on Gloucester City Council and was first elected in a by-election in July 2019.
Sebastian is a former Mayor of Gloucester and previously served as a city councillor in Kingsholm Ward for nine years.
He has a strong record standing up for Podsmead on the city council. He has spoken up and asked questions of the Conservative administration, and fought for a fair deal for our area.
He has challenged the Conservative-run Highways department at Shire Hall over the poor state of Podsmead's roads and pavements.
Sebastian is the cabinet member for the environment as part of the Lib Dem administration running the city council.
If you have any issues you would like Sebastian to take up on your behalf you can get in touch with him on 01452 492230 or sebastian.field@gloucester.gov.uk
You can also follow Sebastian on Facebook at fb.me/cllrsebastianfield
You can sign up to Sebastian's email newsletter at https://sebastianfield.mycouncillor.org.uk/sign-up-for-my-email-newsletter/
The Liberal Democrats were appointed to the leadership of the local authority at Monday afternoon’s annual general meeting of the council.
They won 17 of the 39 seats the council, with the Conservatives on 11 seats, Labour on seven and the Independents on four.
The Liberal Democrats are promising to improve core services, support the local economy, deliver more affordable housing and make Gloucester carbon neutral by 2030.
Gloucester City Council had made it harder to use the pay by phone option – often favoured by elderly residents who do not want to pay online – for the annual £50 bin charge.
A motion to the extraordinary general meeting of the city council on October 19 calls for Andy Lewis, Conservative cabinet member for culture and leisure, to make a written apology for the failure to agree a deal with Aspire.
Liberal Democrats councillors warning that any further financial shocks during 2023/24 would lead to services being cut to balance the books.
